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Our galaxy and its neighbours

The Milky Way and the Magellanic Clouds seen from Paranal Observatory. In the foreground, two of the four movable Auxiliary Telescopes. The green/orange emission is called airglow, and is caused by atomic oxygen and OH molecules in the atmosphere.

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Uploaded on November 30, 2016
Taken on November 13, 2016